Solved UPgrade from windows 7 32bit to windows 7 64 bit lost network driver

[fenfolk]

hi
can anyone help. I had windows 7 32bit installed on PC have upgraded to windows 7 64bit but seem to have lost network adapter driver. Any advice would be apprecited, I have no network or internet access.

 

[lhorwinkle]

I had a similar problem when loading XP onto a laptop that had been running Vista. I didn't have the wireless network driver for it. So ...

• Open System Properties.
• Click on Device Manager
• Scroll down to the Network Adapters section
• Find the wireless card item
• Double-click it
• Select the Details tab

In XP, it showed a text like this. It's the unique ID for the network card.

PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_4229&SUBSYS_11208086&REV_61\4&6C79FC5&0&00E0
​

On my Win 7 box, I don't get a tangled description like that. Instead, I get plain, readable text:

Intel(R) 82567V-2 Gigabit Network Connection
​

Either way ... google-search for that text. In my case, I found a web page at Cnet with all the necessary drivers. They had XP 32-bit, XP 64-bit, Vista 32-bit, Vista 64-bit, Win 7 32-bit, and Win 7 64-bit. They had it all. Easy.

 

[seavixen32]

If you have access to another computer you can download 64-bit network drivers from Dell Support.

Dell Drivers and Downloads

Depending where you live, you may need to change the region.

Just save the drivers to a USB stick and use that to install them on your computer.

 

[DeaconFrost]

For future reference, you always want to have the drivers handy on an external drive or a flash drive before installing a new OS.

 

[fenfolk]

Thank you all for your help

 

[seavixen32]

You're very welcome. Did you manage to get the drivers you needed?